It only states that the employee “rightfully refused to operate a vehicle in an unsafe manner because such operation would violate American National Standards Institute and U.S. Department of Transportation regulations, potentially causing serious injury to the worker, co-workers or the public.”

Scott Allen, an OSHA regional director for public affairs, told FleetOwner that the driver had refused to comply with a supervisor’s demand that he join more than two people in a work vehicle that had only two seatbelts.